page_title: Martín Varsavsky
section_title: Philanthropic work
hierarchical_section_title: Martín Varsavsky / Philanthropic work
caption_attribution_description: Dinner at the home of Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa
context_page_description: Martín Varsavsky Waisman is an Argentine entrepreneur based in Spain who founded several companies worldwide, including Urban Capital, Medicorp Sciences, Viatel, Jazztel, EINSTEINet, Ya.com, Eolia and FON. This serial entrepreneur condition made Forbes Magazine describe him as Young, Rich & Restless back in 1999.
context_section_description: Varsavsky is founder and president of the Varsavsky Foundation, which works to improve educational conditions in several countries. The foundation promotes the education portals Educ.ar in Argentina and Educarchile.cl in Chile, aiming to democratize and modernize the educational systems in both countries.
  He is also founder and president of the Safe Democracy Foundation, devoted to contributing to debates in international affairs. The foundation's goal is to promote fair, transparent and safe democracy.
  The Safe Democracy Foundation and the Club of Madrid organized the Atocha Workshop in March 2005 and the international Summit on Terrorism, Democracy and Security.
caption: Martín Varsavsky with Koji Omi at STS in Kyoto.
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